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Embrace: The Documentary

2016

Embrace follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies.

90 min

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Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body

From the leading bloggers in the fat-acceptance movement comes an empowering guide to body image—no matter what the scales say. When it comes to body image, women can be their own worst enemies, aided and abetted by society and the media.

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Kate Harding, Marianne Kirby
2009
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Fat Is Not the Problem—Fat Stigma Is

“Health experts” are sending incorrect and destructive messages about the relationship between weight and wellness.

Article
Lindo Bacon, Amee Severson
2019
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Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight

Weight loss is not the key to health; diet and exercise are not effective weight-loss strategies; and fatness is not a death sentence. Dr. Lindo Bacon and Dr.

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Lindo Bacon, Lucy Aphramor
2014
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Plus Us: Does Your Body Positivity Waver on Ableist?

Body positivity has begun to leave behind some of the people who spoke it into existence — among them is the disabled community.

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Gianluca Russo
2022
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04:18

Body Image after Breast Cancer Treatment: A Resource for Patients

The term “body image” refers to our thoughts, feelings and overall attitude around how we look, how we feel and the way our body works. Breast cancer and its treatment can have a negative impact on your body image.

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2020
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I Love My Mastectomy Scars, But My Relationship with My Body Is More Complicated

Paige More gets real about what it was like to be a body positivity advocate who didn’t love her own body, and how she’s repairing her relationship with it now.

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Paige More
2019
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . .

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Roxane Gay
2018
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03:55

My Unhealthy Obsession With Getting Thin

As Evelyn started to grow up and become a teenager, she looked around at her friends and started to notice differences in the way she looked.

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2019
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53 Body Positive Influencers You Should Follow

These body-positive influencers lead by example and want to help you become more confident in your own skin, too.

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Mallory Creveling
2020
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Learning the Difference Between Body Image and Body Reality

How we perceive our bodies greatly impacts our self-esteem. Here are five steps you can take toward loving your body unconditionally.

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Abigail Bassett
2020
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